Back Post Misses Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 25 minutes ago, Shodwall cat said: The bookies will certainly have us as favourites but I think the football community itself will heavily fancy darvel to turn us over. No they won’t 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Looks like George Oakley is heading to Greenock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 10 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Looks like George Oakley is heading to Greenock Confirmed. Don’t think there was much to that rumour in the first place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigie Watson Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, HopeStreetWalker said: Darvel in the cup - you heard it here first. Have never laughed so hard for ages at Darvel knocking out Aberdeen, Could not have happened to a more deserving bunch of whinging cheats. Did I ever tell you about a game at Brockville against them? Tell us about that game, please. Are you thinking of the League Cup win in 1971? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, HopeStreetWalker said: Darvel in the cup - you heard it here first. Have never laughed so hard for ages at Darvel knocking out Aberdeen, Could not have happened to a more deserving bunch of whinging cheats. Did I ever tell you about a game at Brockville against them? No, that's ok Uncle Albert. You told us about it once... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 3 minutes ago, Craigie Watson said: Tell us about that game, please. Are you thinking of the League Cup win in 1971? Awe f**k! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC55 FFC Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 30 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Looks like George Oakley is heading to Greenock Morton spending their Celtic Park money then 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, HopeStreetWalker said: Darvel in the cup - you heard it here first. Have never laughed so hard for ages at Darvel knocking out Aberdeen, Could not have happened to a more deserving bunch of whinging cheats. Did I ever tell you about a game at Brockville against them? Was that in 1957 in the lead up to winning the cup? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodwall cat Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, Back Post Misses said: No they won’t They certainly did after the game last night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Suffering Bairn Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I bet you it's the Aberdeen game at Brockville when Alex Ferguson got sent off, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 15 hours ago, RC55 FFC said: Latest episode of the podcast has dropped this evening already. We discuss; Scottish Cup draw ️ Win over Alloa Preview FC Edinburgh & ️ All the rumours including Kai Kennedy heading to the USA & George Oakley signing ✍ PLUS the Winner of the VIP tickets for “The Night with Russell Latapy” is announced. Who was playing operation in the background? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustLuvinThepian Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Time marches on. I appreciate that its hard to get players in during January and that kneejerk signings are not needed. However, from what I can see we currently have a squad of 21. From that: Three are currently injured (Williamson, Watson and Lawal) One is considered too young and raw to play (Carroll) One is not wanted (Malcolm) One is in danger of being recalled from his loan (Kennedy) With the Cup and rescheduled matches coming up, the squad is very, very thin. I want the correct signing but we are running into danger of defeating ourselves before we even get on the pitch. Suspensions and injuries are going to have a major impact 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairn in Exile Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 15 hours ago, AL-FFC said: Given the figures on daft next round of the cup we get 40k for going out but if we get through to the quarters and go out then its 100k that adds a good bit to the finances, cup run is a wee bonus but i would rather we got out this sh*tty league. I've stated in a previous post that I think that our priority should be getting promoted but let's see if our game against Darvel can actually work in our favour re: success in the league campaign. We are guaranteed 40k if we lose to Darvel (one new player coming in?) but we get 100k (3 new players coming in?) if we beat them and get through to the quarter finals. So, do we stick or twist? Do we work on the basis that we won't progress in the cup and sign one decent new player? Or, do we take a gamble and assume that we are going to beat Darvel and spend the 100k that we haven't got yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 To be fair, there’s been very little movement across most clubs. Suspect it will pick up after Saturdays fixtures. However agree with above post, more than a concern M&S haven’t announced another player at this stage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkbairn23 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) Does the loan window end 31/01 or end of Feb? Edited January 24 by falkirkbairn23 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syd Puddefoot Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 A cup run could save us from slashing the playing budget and possibly going to a hybrid setup next season. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) 1 hour ago, JustLuvinThepian said: Time marches on. I appreciate that its hard to get players in during January and that kneejerk signings are not needed. However, from what I can see we currently have a squad of 21. From that: Three are currently injured (Williamson, Watson and Lawal) One is considered too young and raw to play (Carroll) One is not wanted (Malcolm) One is in danger of being recalled from his loan (Kennedy) With the Cup and rescheduled matches coming up, the squad is very, very thin. I want the correct signing but we are running into danger of defeating ourselves before we even get on the pitch. Suspensions and injuries are going to have a major impact The majority of Scottish premier league teams hold onto their players until the very end of the window once they've done all their business so January's always a nightmare window. It may even be we need to wait until February before getting the right quality in, unless we manage to get another loan from down south. Barring any injuries or departures(Kennedy) we've got enough quality in the starting 11 at the moment to get through the next three fixtures. It would be nice to have a better option upfront but not an absolute necessity imo. I'd much rather McGlynn was picky with who he brought in than signing a De Vita or a Mcmillan for example, they need to be capable of improving our starting 11. Edinburgh (A) Kelty (A) Alloa (A) McGlynn said possibly 3 signings but that was before Kinnear came in and he probably already knew that was in the pipe work so I wonder if it'll be 3 on top of Kinnear or just the two more. If it is 3 I'd hope for a striker, a centre midfielder and a winger, Henderson's been great in the middle of the park beside McGinn right enough so it may be we opt for two strikers and a winger instead. Centre midfielder - Archie Meekison isn't getting a look in at Dundee United. Winger - Connor Smith from Hearts again hasn't been near the first team for a while, can play as the 10 as well. Striker - Euan Henderson's the easiest shout given his times basically up at Hearts, I think we're more likely looking for someone to bring up from down south. Edited January 24 by FFC 1876 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Freemason Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 29 minutes ago, Springfield said: To be fair, there’s been very little movement across most clubs. Suspect it will pick up after Saturdays fixtures. However agree with above post, more than a concern M&S haven’t announced another player at this stage. I don’t think McGlynn will be sleepwalking into this. He is well aware that our feet are curled over the edge of a cliff in terms of the squad, but he can’t dictate who we will get, or even when we will get them. Unless there is some glaringly obvious oversight, McGlynn can only be criticised on who we actually get, not those he can’t get. So many variables……does the parent club want to loan them, does the player even want to come, can we afford the contribution to his salary, is he fully fit or will he just spend a few months simply going through the motions. January is a horrible window, and while it can sometimes come good, more often than not, it doesn’t really change the course of season…..it tends to be the exception, not the rule. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) 37 minutes ago, falkirkbairn23 said: Does the loan window end 31/01 or end of Feb? End of February for Championship to League 2 clubs but I think it's the end of January for any loans from down south. So in February we'd only be able to bring in players on loan from up here. Edited January 24 by FFC 1876 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC55 FFC Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, FFC 1876 said: Who was playing operation in the background? Just listened back & see what you mean. No idea what that is, issue with the mic maybe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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